I take it all back. The two ditzes behind the counter today had to spend ten minutes looking up in a book what the procedure for special people was and then told me that they needed yet another friggin’ piece of paper. A letter from my company explaining that I Read more…
So a few days ago I had to interact with the Dutch bureaucracy again. I decided that after a year without a car, it’s finally time to get a driver’s license. Owing to the fact that I am just a wonderful and talented individual, a unique and beautiful snowflake you Read more…
Unless you’re Mark, you’re probably looking at the title of this post and thinking… huh? Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games. They’ve been around for a while, evolving along with the technology, expanding the horizons of generations of young geeks, many of whom are now old geeks. Basically, it’s like Read more…
I may have mentioned before that the cuisine of the Netherlands is not necessarily what one would call ‘gourmet’. While the quality of the basic food ingredients is much better than what you generally see in the US, it’s the dishes they decide to make with them that makes you Read more…
Rating: This movie was pretty lame. Ann and I rented it, well, actually, I rented it and then I made Ann watch it with me because I am such a baby about scary movies. It’s strange. I love scary movies, but I hate being scared. At one point Ann said Read more…
Rating: A good rental. It’ll put a smile on your face, it just won’t split your sides. First, a disclaimer, I like Will Smith. He’s got a great sense of comedic timing, and has charisma that makes almost any movie watchable. And in Hitch, I think the director told him Read more…
Hey, these look pretty cool. Maybe I’ll buy one and learn flash and redesign my entire site. Yeah, and maybe I’m a Chinese jet pilot. (reference)
Props to my boy Ian for bringing in a package of beef jerky for me. It’s really something to have good friends.
This is why I love technology. And scientists. Some smart dudes at Harvard developed a new process that cuts the costs of sequencing a human genome to 1/9th of its current cost of $20 million. Now, for a paltry $2.2 million, you can have your own genome sequenced. So, to Read more…
Rating: It made me laugh. Once Ken set the expectations (“Okay, now don’t expect any kind of plot.”), I just sat back and waited to see what would happen. If you don’t know, Napoleon Dynamite takes its name from its main character, who you get to follow around for a Read more…